Lord’s inspires solution to counties’ woes over drainage

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The first-class counties will be able to apply for substantial funding for new drainage systems and permanent floodlights as part of a five-year strategy for the game that the ECB will unveil in New Zealand on Monday. This has been inspired by the success of the £1.25 million soakaway at Lord’s, which is estimated to have prevented about 15 days’ play being lost over the past four seasons.

Giles Clarke and David Collier, the chairman and chief executive of the ECB, come from a background of administrative experience at smaller counties that have been less well protected from the elements